I know you guys joke a lot, but didn't want people to get confused, because not everyone can tell if people are serious or not. I tend to get defensive about others getting hurt/confused (though I'm not in the Boy Scouts ).

By the way, There's no way anyone will eat me. Impromptu training will serve me well.

Hello, I'm Metal Dan from Canada & I've been into metal for 30 years. It's safe to say I'm a metal lifer. My favorite styles of metal are thrash, death, power, traditional, some black (depends, it has to be "black thrash", "black /death", or "bestial"), melodic death, stoner & doom, grindcore, crust, some punk/hardcore (mainly old school stuff), & hard rock. It can be any style of metal as long as it sounds good to my ears. Not just into metal & all of it's various genres & sub-genres, but I'm a huge music fan. I listen to many styles of music ranging from Slavic Folk Music, electronic (house, trance, ambient drum & bass, jungle, etc...), reggae, pop, R & B, classical, jazz, industrial, (some) goth, 80's New Wave, disco, rock, 50's music, (hardcore & old school) hip-hop/rap, & so on..... Again, whatever sounds good to my ears I like it, doesn't matter what it is. I think it's very important to have an open mind towards any kind of music. Maybe that's why I've been into metal for most of life because I don't get burned out listening to just metal only. The reason why I signed up on this forum because it's cool & look forward in finding new bands to check out. I've been lurking here for a few years here & there, & decided to sign up. Also I do a radio show with my friend Cannibal Cam called Chronic Aggression on sunday nights 10pm - 12am (ET/ Canada) on CFBU 103.7 fm or listen to it online at: http://www.cfbu.ca/ Bands that want their stuff played on air get in touch. Cheers!!! \m/

Hi, I'm from Milan, Italy I've been a lurker of this forum for a while but i've finally decided to register, my favourite genres are Black metal, Doom metal, thrash metal and old school death metal. I 've been wondering about starting a black/thrash/doom band but i'm bit lazy at the moment.

Hi, I'm Rotkreuz from the United States. I'll be 23 on August 10th. I've been registered for a while, mainly to check on the new albums being released by my favorite bands, and I decided to finally give the forums a try. I mainly like Power Metal, but I listen to just about anything. Anyway, how's your sex life?

hey all! I am Peter and I hail from northern ireland. I am a metal lifer, 33 years a fan of all kinds of noisey tunes. I couldn't give you a list of favourite genres cos as far as i am concerned a good tune is a good tune no matter what sub genre it spawns from I do have a few artists that i follow pretty closely, but at the same time I am always being turned on to new bands by a lot of younger friends who find it cool that someone my age still tries to stay open minded about new music not narrow minded!At the moment the bands on heavy listening duty are:WynterfyllethwaylanderClutchTriggermanY&THellSaxonRush..

I have been a frequent visitor to the site usually to check reviews of albums I am thinking of purchasingbut i have finally decided to register so I can maybe discover more new stuff and turn people on to some of myown faves!

Hi, Ville, 25, from Finland here. I've been lurking these forums for almost ten years now, keeping in the shadows and only rarely stirring from my slumber to actually post anything. Somehow, nowadays though I feel this strange urge to be more active in here, putting my two cents on the table regarding the greatest albums I've come across. I've been into underground metal for about ten years now, and only recently I've been giving the more mainstream styles a spin. For example, it was to years ago that I gave a first spin to Megadeth. Strange, you might think. But seeing as my introduction to metal music in general came via Darkthrone's Transilvanian Hunger in high school, which I absolutely detested at first. Life's funny, ain't it. During the winter of '02, I bought Mayhem's DMDS and since then, there's been no looking back. Actually, there's one other important affirming point in that time, and that was to get Inquisition's Unholy Inquisition Rites and Esoteric's Epistemological Despondency from the best distro in Finland, Ahdistuksen aihio, which I always wholeheartedly recommend to anyone seeking interesting new stuff, be it black-, death- or doom metal. Reliable and efficient. So if mr. AAP is reading this, let it be known that there is at least one person to whose life you've had a profound effect.

Hello, I'm Val, 17, from Brazil. I've been on Encyclopeadia Metallum for more than 5 years, but I've never came to the forums or something. Maybe because I wasn't interested much, or didn't needed the times I've come to the site. I absolutely love black metal, but I also like other genres of music, be them metal or not. Well, that's about it

Hey there! I'm Leanne, residing in San Antonio, TX. I probably am here to just post up a few reviews of some of my favorite albums, though I'm open for good conversations and new friends.. Cheers!! -|-

Steve Shelley, American!Into mostly Traditional and Power metal. Always on the look out for great bands that flew under the radar.Favorite bands are Virgin Steele, Helstar, Riot, Savatage (early), Judas Priest, Halloween, Venom and so on.Nice to meet you all.

Yo, I'm Daniel (lulzy user name, amirite), and while I've been using this site for a long time this is my first foray into the forums. Lived in Tampa, Florida for most of my life but moved to Maryland a couple years back. I'm 18 and will be starting my freshman year at the University of Maryland later this month. Open to try any music, not just metal. I'm into some more obscure stuff, but my favorites tend to be bigger bands like Mastodon or Opeth. Big Devin Townsend fan as well!

Hey there. Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm glad this website exists, I've learned a lot from it. My favorite genres are thrash and death metal. Some of my favorite bands include Spawn of Possession, Obscura, Revocation, and just recently discovered Beyond Creation who are fucking awesome. Still waiting on that next Necrophagist album...Good day.

Hi folks, I'm Archeoptrix. (I know it's not spelled properly but I've used it forever, it's old habit by now to just keep it). I've been a metal fanatic ever since I first heard Brujeria when I was 11. I'm 26 now, live in Denver, Colorado. I don't know what else to really say so I'll list 5 random favorite albums:

I kind of have this ongoing goal to try and acquire an album from a metal band in each country of the world (Which Metal Archives has the best list ever). Lately I've found out my girlfriend likes Doom metal (as did she) so I've been trying to find some decent stuff to check out as I've previously never really been into it as a genre on it's own. I checked out Saint Vitus - Born Too Late, Electric Wizard - Dopethrone, and Church of Misery - Minstrel of Mourning for starters. I like most genres of Metal though I'm partial to vocals which don't have a "clean" sound. When not working I'm usually at home cruising Netflix for it's vast goldmine of Asian horror and B-movies. I also like other nerdy crap like video games, comic books, etc. Anyway this is a nice place you folks have here, I've lurked for a bit and just wanted to say "whatup."

OOooOOOhh Asian horror Fan eh! whats your fav's? I've only get to catch a few anymore but I really dig Tokyo Gore Police and Machine GirlWeedeater are one of the few Doom bands that get heavy rotation from me, 'should check em out.

I like a lot of those splatter flicks as well though Tokyo Gore Police really seems to be the pinnacle of it all. Meatball Machine, Hell Driver, the Tetsuo movies are all awesome. However my favorites of all time would have to be Kairo (aka Pulse), any of the Grudge flicks, Marebito, Wishing Stairs, Bloody Reunion and Audition. They all kind of vary, Audition is almost an artsy type gore flick. Bloody Reunion is like a slasher mystery, where as Kairo is a more atmospheric ghost story very slow paced but incredibly gloomy which I love. Marebito is a a Lovecraftian inspired movie that was shot in 8 days, really a rough but amazingly beautiful movie, I think at least. Wishing Stairs is pretty close to a good Tales from the Crypt, it's part of a series of related yet not sequential movies about all girl's schools, I really think it's the highlight.